Description of New international regulatory landscape and the IAIS response to challenges for insurance supervisors.

New Supervisory Architecture, European System of Financial Supervision, European Sytsematic Risk Bord, European Supervisory Authorities.

Leader's Statement of the G20 Pittsburgh Summit, What's Systemic Risk, Framework for Mitigating Systemic Risk, Japanese Safety-net for Deposit-taking Financial Institutions...

How do ratings fit in?, Financial crisis Issues, Financial Crisis Impact

For insurers conducting traditional activities: prudential measures need to recognize the medium and long term nature of the liabilities; appropriate buffers should be used effectively to minimize pro-cyclical effects...

Critical examination and reviwe of U.S Solvency Framework; Modernize, Modify, Ecpand, Eliminate, Enhance U.S regulatory system as appropriate; Examine international developments for potential use in U.S insurance regulation...

Level 1: Framework Directive, Level 2: Implementing Measures (Commission), Level 3: Convergent implementation assisted by close cooperation between national authorities, Level 4: Rigorous enforcement of Community legislation by the Commission...

Significant amount of work currently undertaken by CEIOPS; Some challenging times ahead; I will focus on two main workstreams: PRIPs and IMD Revision...

The process; A case for EU action; IGS in MS of the EU/EAA; Design Features; The outcome: What size?...

U.S. policy holder protection; U.S. garanty fund system; Notable Features...